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In the Gospel for the Second Sunday After Epiphany it gives us a figure of the transubstantiation, which St. Thomas calls the greatest of all miracles, and by reason of which the Eucharistic wine becomes the blood of the testament. And as it is the Eucharist which enables Jesus to consummate, as Bossuet has it, His mystical marriage with our souls, the Fathers have seen in the wedding feast of Cana a symbol of the union of the Word with the Church.
Blessed Mary, full of the charity of which the Epistle speaks, asks of Jesus His first miracle on behalf of the bridegroom and bride who are in trouble because "they have no wine" for their guests (Gospel).
Her power as Mother of God is so great that, at her request, Jesus anticipates the hour appointed for the "manifestation of His divinity" to His disciples so that He also places His power at the service of His love.
Six water-pots, which were used for the cleansing of bands during meals, are filled to the brim; and, after the miracle, the chief steward who was in charge of the arrangements for the feast, with all the knowledge that was his, declared the new wine to be exceptionally good. Confronted by this proof of the divinity of Jesus," His disciples believed in Him" (Gospel). By the Mass which washes away our sins (Secret) and the communion which enables the almighty power of Jesus to transform our souls (Postcommunion), let us
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  Each Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation we feature the Haydock Commentary provided by John Gregory as compiled by Father George Leo Haydock and found at the bottom of each page of the Douay-Rheims Bible. With the type so small in most bibles, we publish it here in larger type in conjunction with the Epistle and Gospel for the Sunday Mass. For the Second Sunday after Epiphany, the topic is love and miracles with the Wedding Feast of Cana in which Christ performed His first public miracle and the Haydock Commentary treats the whys and wherefores of the loving relationship between Mother and Son and His willingness to honor her by changing water into wine, a precursor to the transubstantiation of the wine into the Blood of Christ at the Consecration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the most loving gift He could bestow to His children whom St. Paul entreats in his epistle to love one another as our Lord loves us.
The First Miracle
   
Father Benedict Hughes, CMRI, Rector of St. Joseph's Minor Seminary in Rathdrum, Idaho at the City of Mary presents his 20 minute sermon from the Second Sunday after Epiphany given last year in which he shares why Catholics should develop a devotion to Mary for it through her that Jesus can say no to whatever we ask if it is pleasing to God. Father also points out that the first miracle was tied in to the holy Sacrament of Marriage for that is the keystone of God's plan for salvation in perpetuating the Faith and populating Heaven. When marriage breaks down, so also does society as we can see today where divorce and same-sex unions destroy the very fabric of all God intended. Father explains in his sermon Our Lady's Intercession and Marriage
    There are still some who are under the impression that the Week for Christian Unity, which lasts from the Double Major Feast of St. Peter's Chair at Rome on January 18th until the Double Major Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul on January 25th, is a concoction of the Vatican II church. Au contraire, for it had been in vogue prior to Vatican II for true oecumenism - conversion, if you will and the antiphon prayer we pray daily illustrates this because it definitely does not call for dialogue but rather conversion to the True Faith by those outside the Faith. For more, see Church Unity Octave Week
 
As we pray in the Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: "Be Thou King of all those who are still involved in the darkness of idolotry or of Islamism; refuse not to draw them all into the light and kingdom of God." Also, pray for Fr. Josef Ratzinger and the rest of the conciliar apostates that they will be converted and realize there is only one true Faith with the fruits of what you see above of what Christ offers through the only Church He established on earth. Pray for the collapse of the counterfeit church of conciliarism and the scandalous acts committed over the past 50 years such as top representatives of that false institution giving credence to false religions by entering their mosques and/or kissing the Koran. This is outright apostasy of the enth degree. See Day Three of Church Unity Octave
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Martyred for her faith at the early age of twelve, Saint Agnes was one of the youngest-known named martyrs in the Communion of Saints. She was born into a wealthy Roman aristocratic family and was remarkable for her beauty as a child. But the true beauty was interior and as a youth she vowed to live a life of purity and chastity, consecrating herself as a virgin.
Even though she was not yet a teen, Roman suitors courted her trying to seduce her but she refused all advances. Word reached the Roman Emperor Diocletian who was relentless in his persecution of Christians. Rather than killing her right away, Diocletian's men sought to discredit her by making her a prostitute and that would further discredit Christianity and dissuade others from becoming Christians. Naturally Agnes rejected all advances and refused to give in to the sins of the flesh. This further infuriated Diocletian and his cohorts who dragged her before the governor. He ordered that she be thrown into the fire. God preserved her beauty inside and out by
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  St. Thomas a Kempis composed several prayers in his life including three prayers that carry an Indulgence of 300 days as well as the following: O sweet Saint Agnes, I earnestly implore thy compassion and commend myself to thy prayers. O noble virgin, thou didst despise all earthly things and prefer the love of Christ to the glory of the world. Death was welcome to thee, and the holy angels were waiting for thy soul to convey it into the joys of Paradise, where, adorned with the martyr's palm, thou didst arrive at the nuptials of the heavenly Spouse. I too seek Him; deign to intercede for me that He may grant me health of mind and body, restrain the temptations of the devil, extinguish the desires of the flesh, give me time for true repentance and amendment of life, grant me the remission of all my sins, together with grace to make a good end and a happy death. Amen.
For the three special prayers, see
Prayers to Saint Agnes
  
In His Excellency Bishop Richard Williamson's most recent Eleison Comment from this past Saturday he shares his observations from his trips in Europe and the United States and what lies ahead as he forms the Resistance to Bishop Fellay's determination to reconcile with the robber barons of Vatican II. He speaks of how as much as Fellay and company tried to hide it, the mask finally came off this past year and hopefully more will recognize it and flee for there is no comfort in the climes of conciliarism. If the Society caves it will collapse. As bittersweet as that may be to His Excellency, it may be just what God has in mind. His Excellency lays out the difference of Two Journies
As we pray in the Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: "Be Thou King of those who are deceived by erroneous opinions, or whom discord keeps aloof; call them back to the harbor of truth and unity of faith, so that soon there may be but one flock and one Shepherd," so also, pray for Fr. Josef Ratzinger and the rest of the conciliar apostates that they will be converted and realize there is only one true Faith with the fruits of the holy Apostles Saints Peter and Paul and what Christ offers through the only Church He established on earth. Pray for the collapse of the counterfeit church of conciliarism and the scandalous acts committed over the past 50 years such as vulgarizing those Eastern churches that were in union with Eternal Rome and are now in cahoots with Modernist Rome. Compromise is not and never has been in Christ's lexicon. See Day Four of Church Unity Octave
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Like the saints whose feasts preceded him in January, St. Vincent, (not to be confused with St. Vincent de Paul), was born in Spain in the 3rd Century. and became archdeacon in Saragoza where Our Lady first appeared in 40 AD. He was a great orator and did more than his share of preaching since his bishop, Valerian had a speech impediment. The Romans caught wind of his evangelizing and reported to Diocletian who ordered Dacian the president of that region to silence the saint.
Dacian chose the horrendous torture tactic of the rack, stretching Vincent's body asunder. Yet no form of torture could steal Vincent's joy at suffering for Christ. When the rack failed, Dacian tore his flesh with hooks then bound him to a seat of burning iron. When that failed, lard and salt were rubbed into his open wounds. Yet through it all he kept his eyes focused joyfully toward Heaven. Finally, in desperation, Dacian had him thrown into a dungeon locking his feet in a tight stock. But again God intervened, sending His angels to unloose the shackle and inform this brave saint that his reward would be great. Dacian never had the satisfaction of torturing Vincent again for this persevering saint died peacefully before being sentenced again. His bravery and the wonders of his stamina effected many conversions after his death.
Upon his death, faithful carried away pieces of his cloths soaked with his blood. His relics are preserved today in an Augustinian monastery in Lisbon. It's a reminder to us all that no matter the opposition, if we keep our eyes and heart focused on the same goal Vincent strove for, nothing can harm our soul.
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How appropriate that commiserating the devastating Roe vs. Wade decision falls during a string of eight consecutive days commemorating holy martyrs of the Church from Friday's feast of St. Peter through this Saturday's feast of St. Polycarp with the actual date of the 'Supreme' Court's ruling being the feast of the holy martyrs Sts. Vincent and Anastasius today.  The point being that, though the Church does not recognize unborn babies as baptized, we can hope they will fall into the same category as the Holy Innocents who were also not baptized by water but by Baptism of Blood, something the Church has always taught. This year, with all the puffed-up outrage over the killing of twenty-some children at Sandy Hook School in Newtown, we can see the utter hypocrisy of pro-abortionists trying to make a case for saving the children. It's all a smoke-screen to kill more by not only banning guns but by banning free speech and silencing those who speak out against the sins that cry to Heaven for vengeance. We must speak for the silent ones and do so from the rooftops as the authors below have done.
  To commiserate the 40th Anniversary of the abominable Roe vs. Wade decision, we present sixteen gems from the past by a former writer Gabriel Garnica, who contributed columns to the DailyCatholic on the horrendous Holocaust in the Womb that continues unabated. While Republican and Democrat (or should that be Demoncrat?!) politicians and ConciLIAR potentates may pause to give lip service, in truth no one is doing anything. All words and no action and the murders continue. The best way to show that the names may change regarding those in charge, it is still the same ol' same ol' stall and shuffle. It's all about the money and it's all about being totally shackled to satan. Those assisting are the devil's delight. Gabriel explained in his columns below that ran from 2004 to 2007:
As we pray in the Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: "Be Thou King, O Lord, not only of the faithful who have never forsaken Thee, but also of the prodigal children who have abandoned Thee; grant that they may quickly return to their Father's house lest they die of wretchedness and hunger," so also, pray for Fr. Josef Ratzinger and the rest of the conciliar apostates that they will be converted and realize what they have created with Vatican II is not Catholic, but rather Protestant in every way except name. Pray they will truly understand there is only one true Faith with the fruits of what you see above the icon of Sts. Peter and Paul of what Christ offers through the only Church He established on earth. Pray for the collapse of the counterfeit church of conciliarism and the scandalous acts committed over the past 50 years such as compromising and accepting Martin Luther who was wrong then and is still wrong now. The infallible tenets of the Council of Trent affirmed that. See Day Five of Church Unity Octave
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Born in 1175 of a noble Spanish family, Raymond, at the age of twenty, taught philosophy in Barcelona with marvelous success. Ten years later his rare abilities won for him the degree of Doctor in the University of Bologna, accompanied by many high dignities. A tender devotion to our Blessed Lady, which had increased within him from childhood, determined him in his mature years to renounce all his honors and to enter Her Order of Saint Dominic.
There a vision of the Mother of Mercy instructed him to cooperate with his penitent Saint Peter Nolasco, and with James, King of Aragon, in founding the Order of Our Lady of Ransom for the redemption of captives. He began this great work by preaching a crusade against the Moors, and by rousing to penance the Christians enslaved in both soul and body by the infidels. The king of Aragon, a man of great qualities but governed by a ruling passion, often took Saint Raymond with him on his voyages. On one such occasion, when they were visiting the island of Majorca, he was told by the Saint he must put away at once the cause of his sin. When he delayed, Raymond asked for leave to depart, since he could not live in company with
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  We continue with Paul Kokoski's primer on the dangers of the Seven Deadly Sins or Capital Sins as we focus today on Lust. Let's face it, we would not have Roe vs. Wade and billions of unborn slaughtered in the womb were it not for lust. If one were not lustful, one would have waited until one were married to enjoy the pleasures God gave only to those who have committed themselves for life and blessed by God. But with the revolution of the sixties, triggered by the Vatican II church's relaxation of disciplines and the introduction of relativism and other heresies that would result in the Great Apostasy and the breakdown of morals where the me generation would conveniently forget love of neighbor meant wanting to convert their fellow man but rather meant shacking up, with no thoughts of virginity and chastity. Remember "Make love, not war"? Well, both "love" and war have consequences. We've seen the consequences of war over the past century and into the early part of this millennium and we've seen the war on the womb with countless children slaughtered before they could breathe. The consequences of copulation for the unmarried was pregnancy. If one was not already on the slippery slope to hell by taking contraception, well the next step was abortion. Yes, lust has been, as Our Lady said at Fatima, the main reason hell is being populated at such a rapid rate rather than the original purpose of populating Heaven.
The Nature of Lust
As we pray in the Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: "Be Thou King, O Lord, not only of the faithful who have never forsaken Thee, but also of the prodigal children who have abandoned Thee; grant that they may quickly return to their Father's house lest they die of wretchedness and hunger," so also, pray for Fr. Josef Ratzinger and the rest of the conciliar apostates that they will be converted and realize what they have created with Vatican II is not Catholic, but rather Protestant in every way except name. Pray they will truly understand there is only one true Faith with the fruits of what you see above the icon of Sts. Peter and Paul of what Christ offers through the only Church He established on earth. Pray for the collapse of the counterfeit church of conciliarism and the scandalous acts committed over the past 50 years such as compromising and accepting Martin Luther who was wrong then and is still wrong now. The infallible tenets of the Council of Trent affirmed that. See Day Six of Church Unity Octave
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Saint Timothy was a convert of Saint Paul, born at Lystra in Asia Minor. His mother was a daughter of Israel, but his father was a pagan, and though Timothy had read the Scriptures from his childhood, he had never been circumcised. On the arrival of Saint Paul at Lystra the youthful Timothy, with his mother and grandmother, eagerly embraced the faith. Seven years later, when the Apostle again visited the country, the boy had grown into manhood. His good heart, his austerities and zeal had won the esteem of all around him, and holy men were prophesying great things of the fervent youth. Saint Paul at once saw his fitness for the work of an evangelist, and Timothy was ordained a priest. From that time on he was the constant and much-beloved fellow-worker of the Apostle.
In company with Saint Paul he visited the cities of Asia Minor and Greece, once hastening on ahead as a trusted messenger, at another time lingering behind to confirm in the faith a recently founded church. Eventually he was made the first Bishop of Ephesus; and there he eceived the two epistles of his master which bear his name, the first written from Macedonia and the second from Rome, where Saint Paul from his prison expresses his
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  This week we observe Church Unity Octave that all may be one. This doesn't mean a One World Religion in the sense that everyone compromise to get along, but rather bringing souls into the true fold which, by Christ's Own admission is the narrow path, but one that alone leads to Heaven. Thus this week is a reminder of what we are all called to do: Convert non-Catholics (yes, those in the Vatican II church, too) to the true Faith Christ established and commanded us to go into the world and do just that from the Apostles on: Preach the Gospel. But to preach it we must live it, otherwise our efforts will fall upon loose soil and be washed away into the sea of obscurity. That is why we must be anchored to the Rock of Peter as passed down from Our Lord's time through His Holiness Pope Pius XII. After that, well, what was that about the sea of obscurity? Lex orandi, lex credendi is often bandied about, but Traditional Catholics realize it very much is true. That is why if one does not live their Faith uncompromisingly, they will not believe it and they will sink beneath the surface, drowing in denial. The question arises about the remnant Church. Where is someone to lead and set the example that will move millions to realize the lie and repent? To do so, God needs more spiritual Jack Bauer's to spark the Counter Conciliar Unit and defuse the time bombs the robber barons have set over the past 45 years that have annihilated so many souls. While we celebrate 24 years of publishing, we need to remind all that we need to use the 24 hours in a day for there are not enough hours left before we will all have to stand before the divine Judge to account for our stewardship. What kind of a performance report will we be able to provide Him. Can we save the day? That depends on how much you care. As for us, the clock is ticking.
We're ready to lock, load, and fire!
 As we pray in the Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: "Be Thou King, O Lord, not only of the faithful who have never forsaken Thee, but also of the prodigal children who have abandoned Thee; grant that they may quickly return to their Father's house lest they die of wretchedness and hunger.," so also, pray for all those trapped in the counterfeit church of conciliarism who have so disrespected the integrity of the Holy Eucharist and do not realize they are not receiving Jesus, Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity at Communion time because their presbyters (all who were installed as 'priests' after 1978) cannot confect the Sacrament any more than any of our readers could and this goes for 90% of the Novus Ordo clergy all the way to cardinals and bishops'. A truly tragic state of affairs. Pray for them and their clergy to realize the grave error they have swallowed by adhering to the false tenets of Vatican II and recognizing a man as pope who isn't even a true bishop. Without the true Blessed Sacrament, countless Catholics will "die of wretchedness and hunger."
See Day Seven of Church Unity Octave
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Since the 8th century the feast of the conversion of St. Paul has been set apart by the Church to return thanks to almighty God for His act of grace in bringing the future apostle to the Faith. After the miracle of Christ's Resurrection no other wonder in the
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Hail Mary Most Holy, Beloved Daughter of God the Father
Through the intercession of Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres,
grant thy good success to this request
(name your request)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be...
Saint Michael, pray for us.
Hail Mary Most Holy, Admirable Mother of God the Son
Through the intercession of Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres,
grant thy good success to this request
(name your request)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Saint Gabriel, pray for us.
Hail Mary Most Holy, Most Faithful Spouse of the Holy Ghost
Through the intercession of Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres,
grant thy good success to this request
(name your request)
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Saint Raphael, pray for us.
Hail Mary Most Holy, Temple and Sacrarium of the Most Holy Trinity.
St. Michael, St. Gabriel, St. Raphael,
pray for us.
Our Lady of Good Success, thou who art the all-powerful intercessor before the Most Holy Trinity, deign to hear and answer my request, so long as it contributes to the salvation of my soul and the glory and exaltation of Holy Mother Church.
Hail Holy Queen...
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  Today we conclude the Week of the Chair of Unity Octave and once again we call upon the renowned and eminent venerable Benedictine Abbot Dom Prosper Gueranger to put this Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul in perspective with inspiration and reflection on the importance of this Feast in which we have provided Exerpts from The Liturgical Year on the feast. In our present time the crisis has grown far more worse than in Gueranger's time. Therefore, hopefully this past week the prayers offered for conversion will reach Heaven and the Holy Trinity will respond in kind by touching hardened and prejudiced hearts to bring to a reality Christ's call "that all may be one." But as much as many are content to wait for a miracle, God expects us to do our part and that is to urge the true traditional bishops to realize they must lead the charge. Let us pray that God will knock them off their respective horses long enough for them to realize they alone have the power and duty to return the True Faith to the masses for they are the true successors of the Apostles. The problem is that if the true Traditional Bishops do nothing, then the true Faith will mean nothing to the generations to come. It's now or never, Your Excellencies. Please, for the sake of souls do something to unite the Remnant Church! Reflections on the Close of Church Unity Octave Week
 As we complete the week of Church Unity Octave this year, let us continue to pray and offer reparation that all may be one, not in a one world religion, but together in the one true Faith, the only Church Christ instituted upon earth and which we know the counterfeit church of conciliarism is not that Faith for, as we pray daily in the Act of Faith, "We believe these and all the truths which the holy Catholic Church teaches because Thou hast revealed them Who canst deceive nor be deceived." That says it all. Those who have been deceived need to realize that. Pray they will receive the grace to return.
See Day Eight and Final Day of Church Unity Octave
Keeping the above in mind, we leave the eight-day period of prayers for the Chair of Unity Octave intentions behind while beginning a nine-day Novena leading up to the traditional feast of Our Lady of Good Success which coincides with Candlemass and the Feast of the Purification. This year we celebrate the 402nd Anniversary of the Blessed Mother's messages and visits to a humble Conceptionist nun in Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres. True to the prophesies imparted to her, these messages would be forgotten and little known until the time they pertained to which are our times, folks. We encourage you to purchase the fascinating books Dr. Marian Therese Horvat has compiled on Our Lady of Good Success, the messages and messenger of Quito, Ecuador and see that Our Lady foretold all that is unfolding today. In light of that, we encourage all to devote the next nine days to praying the Novena to Our Lady of Good Success either the Long Version of the Novena with an Imprimatur each day or the shorter Nine-Day Short Novena.
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  Tomorrow we begin the penitential season with the Time of Septuagesima when we focus on penance and mortification in preparation for Lent two and a half weeks later when Catholics are urged to emulate Our Lord's example of 40 days in the desert that leads to His Passion and Death on Good Friday before His Resurrection on Easter Sunday. Thus, Father Benedict Hughes, CMRI chooses to focus on one thing no man can avoid: Death as he wrote in volume 95 of Reign of Mary. We should not put off plans for what will become of us or our loved ones off, but face that reality and plan accordingly by securing burial plots for true Catholics must realize, outside of a disaster or plague, cremation is wrong. Burial is and has always been the sole means of disposing of one's body and so Father takes us through the history of this practice and how cremation has crept back in and been accepted by the false church that started with Vatican II. Traditional Catholics must know that to even consider having one's body incinerated is a grave error and do all in their power to make funeral plans in advance, beginning with being buried in a Catholic cemetery if possible, and if that is not possible in today's age when there are so few true Catholic churches and cemeteries left, then at least a true priest to bless the grave and conduct a Requiem for the deceased. Though the body will decay in the ground, unless one is so holy that it will remain incorrupt as it has for several saints, burial is the best way from preserving it from being defiled for we are promised in the Apostles' Creed our bodies will be resurrected. It would be a shame if were burnt to a crisp and unrecognizable even to God! Father explains in Cremation? Not for Catholics!
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